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Universityintheinternationalisation
processbasedonexperience
oftheJanKochanowskiUniversityinKielce
MarcinSzplit
Introduction
AccordingtoHorizon2020programmecollaborationandinternationalisation
ofacademicinstitutionsinallEuropeanUnioncountriesbecameoneofthesig-
nificantsignsofscientificstrength.Inmostcallforproposalsitiscompulsoryto
findatleasttwopartnersfromtwodifferentcountries,butusuallynumberofthe
partnersinconsortiaisfargreaterthenminimal.Itshowstheimportanceofin-
ternationalisationoftheuniversitiesespeciallyfromthenewEuropeanUnion
membercountriesincludingPolishuniversities.
1.ConstructionofTheInternationalCooperation
CompetenceCentre(ICCC)
Fromyear2011to2013theJanKochanowskiUniversityinKielcewasinvolved
intheprogramfinancedbetheMarshallOfficecalled“Thecircles/spheres
ofinnovation”.ThereasonswhytheUniversitystartedthisprojectwere:
1.TheinstitutionsoftheŚwiętokrzyskiRegiondonothaveanyrichexperience
inthefieldofinternationalprojectstherehavebeenjustafewexamples
ofsuchprojectsbefore.
2.Thereisnoinstitutionalmechanismtoassistparticipatinginstitutionsfromprov-
incesininternationalprogramsandprojectsyearsagotherewasaLocalContact
PointfortheEUFrameworkProgrammeswithnoadvancedcompetencies.
3.Theinstitutionsdonotshowanyinterestinparticipationininternationalprojects.
4.Thelevelofknowledgeintermsofavailableopportunitiestoparticipatein
internationalprogramsisverylimited.
Italsocharacterisestheprovince,wherethereisadynamicprocessofdevelop-
mentbasedonregionalandnationalprograms,includinginvestmentsininfra-
structure,onanunprecedentedscale,whicharerelatedtothecreationofknowl-
edge(innovationinfrastructure),ie.laboratories,KielceTechnologyPark,the
RegionalCentreforScienceandTechnology,orfinancialbackgroundsuchas
loanorguaranteefunds.Withouttheinternationalcollaborationthedevelopment
ischaracterisedbyastrongdependenceonlocalknowledgeandcompetence.